The Arts/Cultural Desk

On the way out of the advance screening of ''Spider-Man 2,'' which opens tomorrow nationwide, I asked my son, who is nearly 8 and whom I had brought along for some unscientific audience research, what he thought of the movie.

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January 17, 2010, Sunday

Spider-Man and Tobey Maguire are parting ways. Mr. Maguire was set to reprise his leading role in ''Spider-Man 4'' in May 2011 with Sam Raimi, right, who directed the first three installments, returning to the helm. But after disagreements about the...